Phil Piratin

Phil Piratin (15 May 1907-10 December 1995) was a British Member of Parliament from the Communist Party of Great Britain, representing Mile End from 1945 to 1950.

Biography
Phil Piratin was raised in the industrial Essex region of southeastern England on 15 May 1907, the son of a Jewish tradesman. Piratin became involved with communism as a youth, becoming an anti-fascist and a member of the tenants' rights Stepney Tenants Defense League. During the 1930s, Piratin led anti-BUF marches in London, and he was elected to the Stepney Borough Council in 1937. In 1945, he was elected a Member of Parliament from Mile End, cooperating with crypto-communist members of the UK Labor Party. In 1950, he lost a bid for re-election in Stepney, as Mile End had been abolished as a constituency due to boundary changes. In 1957, he left his job as an editor for The Daily Worker to become a successful businessman, and he died in 1995.